Terms of the Treaty of Versailles and Casualties of WWI stats 1/11/11
Germans had to give up all of their military, pay for all the damages of WWI through reparations of 332 billion, surrender immense amount of annexed and conquered lands back to their respective owners or to the Allies as a whole. Austrian-Hungary was split into many individual nations as the Ottoman Empire was separated into many individual nations as well. The Allies agreed to do nothing but not destroy the state of Germany.

**Military Casualties in World War I
            1914-1918**
 
Belgium               45,550
British Empire       942,135
France             1,368,000
Greece                23,098
Italy                680,000
Japan                  1,344
Montenegro             3,000
Portugal               8,145
Romania              300,000
Russia             1,700,000
Serbia                45,000
United States        116,516
Austria-Hungary    1,200,000
Bulgaria              87,495
Germany            1,935,000
Ottoman Empire       725,000

Mark up on the Treaty of Versailles 1/10/11


Conditions of an Armistice with Germany in World War I 1/10/11
1. The armistice will last 30 days and will be effective six hours after signing.
2. The Germans will surrender 5000 cannons (chiefly heavy), 30,000 MGs, 3,000 trench mortars, 2,000 planes, 5,000 locomotives, 150,000 railroad coaches, 10,000 trucks, 160 U-boats, 8 light cruisers, and 6 Dreadnoughts.
3. All German ships are to be captured and sent to neutral or Allied harbors to be controlled and disarmed by the Allies while the blockade remains in effect and all German limits on neutral shipping is abolished.
4. All annexed or conquered lands must be return and evacuated or the remaining will be captured as prisoners of wars or interned and additional land will be taken.

Following the U.S. involvement, the Germans were forced to sign the armistice and treaty of the Allies, despite how biased the conditions were. The Germans were losing the war as the U.S. joined and the major military power boost to the Allies demoralized the Germans to the point to sign the armistice.


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I See / It Means 1/10/11
- I see that a man who resembles the historic American figure, Uncle Sam, is being tied at his arms by what seems to symbolize chains that has the words "The League of Nations" on them.
- This meant that the League of Nations, one of the resulting establishments created by the Congress of Vienna that ended the First World War, was adversly affecting the freedom and values of America. Uncle Sam serves as a figure of the values and rights that all Americans fought for and will fight for and for his arms to be tied, which is a symbol of having no ways to defend yourself in battle, means that the League of Nations served as a vessel to control or limit the liberty of America.

- I see that four people: England, Empire of Japan, Foreign Nations, and European Nations: pulling the four banners that say the League of Nations restraining the arms of Uncle Sam.
- This meant that even when World War I was over, the U.S. was still being dragged into the conflicts and problems of the world by the League of Nations. England owed debts to America and vice-versa, foreign nations relied on U.S. help as did European nations like Russia and France, and Japan was trying to make a name for itself and asserted itself into the world view.

Summary: When the U.S. entered World War I, the focus shifted from Europeans against Europeans to Americans and Allies versus the enemies. The U.S. got involved and helped the Allies to victory, but at the cost of being involved in European and World affairs for the time to come as it was their obligation was to help.